Somerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) returns home, she must face the man she hasn’t spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floods that destroyed the area six months earlier, and Aubrey a tormented shadow of his former self.

As Ellie learns what has been going on in her long absence, she and her father forge a new understanding, but can it withstand the troubles that they face on the ravaged farm as well as the truth of what drove Charlie to take his own life?

This is a small jewel of a film that continues a timeless tradition of delicately told tales of family relationships gone wrong.

The sensitivity of the performances, the attention to detail and economical storytelling all help to mark out Hope Dickson Leach as a talent to watch.

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